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New Best Buy Ontario Chardonnay
December 2 Vintages Release

Wescott Estate Chardonnay 2021
Vintages # 424507 - $29.95
Dry, Ripe, Rich, Gently Toasty *** (92 points)
Bright medium-light straw colour. Intense, very gently spicy, ripe, lemon meringue nose with some elegant, pear-tinged, toasty notes. Dry, medium bodied, nicely structured, bright, harmonious, very slightly spicy, intense, ripe, lemon-apple meringue flavours with a lingering, gently complex, rounded, toasty, bright, pear-tinged finish. Perfect with poultry! This ready-to-drink 100% Chardonnay (clones 76 and 95) was barrel fermented with wild yeast and partially aged for 10 months in French oak (10% new). It has 13.5% alcohol, 3 g/L residual sugar and 5.7 g/L total acidity with lot number L021522 on the lower part of the glass bottle.
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SOMETHING DELICIOUS
Bright, Sweet, Gingery, Seville Orange
***/***+ (94 points)

Emilio Lustau Vermut Blanco
Vintages #10812 - $29.95
Bright medium straw colour. Wow, this delicious Sherry-based Vermouth has an intriguing, very intense, complex, fragrant, faintly grassy, rosemary-tinged, gingery nose. Sweet, medium bodied, well structured, spicy, intense, bright, complex, citrusy, Seville orange marmalade flavours with some gingery, slightly herbal, walnut notes on the long, lingering, lifted finish. This amazing blend of two wines: a dry crisp Fino sherry and a sweet and floral Moscatel. It has 15% alcohol and 152 g/L residual sugar.